SpaceX won't attempt the Super Heavy booster catch today
The Super Heavy rocket booster was set to make another mind-blowing landing — as it was caught mid-air by SpaceX’s Mechazilla launch tower last month.
But SpaceX won’t try that again today.
The company shocked audiences when it was able to land the Super Heavy booster after flight during its first attempt in October. But that was not required today, and SpaceX has always said it would evaluate flight data and make a decision about a landing attempt based on real-time flight data.
SpaceX aims to land these boosters so that one day in the future it can start refurbishing and re-flying them. Starship, the upper spacecraft, is meanwhile continuing its journey through space.
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